Geez, the man was even driving a Santana that was worth just a few tens of thousands of dollars. How incompetent was he?“Yes, this is Mr. O’Neill.” Catherine shook hands with the lawyer enthusiastically.Mr. O’Neill’s smile was very forced. When Shaun’s sharp line of sight swept over him, his legs turned to jelly.“Holy sh*t, where did you find such a garbage lawyer?” Thomas could not help but burst into laughter. “Eldest Young Master Hill, look at his clothes. I’m guessing they’re ready-made clothes. Even the soles on his leather shoes are peeling. My stomach is going to ache from all this laughing.”Shaun also frowned deeply at Catherine. This was the lawyer she got for Logan?Catherine smiled without saying anything from beginning to end. She only looked at them quietly.When Thomas was done laughing, he wiped away the tears from his eyes and said, “Mr. O’Neill, if I may ask, how much did she spend to hire you?”“Not much, around 2,000 dollars,” Mr. O’Neill said, embarrassed
“Yeah,” Catherine replied in a low voice. She had the same thoughts....8:30 a.m.The trial officially began.Logan was brought out. These days, he had been healing in the hospital and was slightly better. However, he still hobbled when he walked and his hand was wrapped in thick gauze.Austin’s expression changed. He was just about to get up but Catherine pressed on his shoulder while giving him a look.Austin gritted his teeth and sat back down.The judge looked at everyone and knocked the gavel, announcing the start of the hearing. “The plaintiff, Sarah Neeson, is accusing Logan Law of kidnapping her on the 28th of this month. What does the defendant have to say?”Mr. O’Neill cleared his throat and stood up under the crowd’s strange and provoking eyes. “The defendant pleads not guilty. The defendant was framed.”Shaun stood up, his handsome and exquisite features looking incomparably cold. “Your Honor, these are the testimonies of three eyewitnesses who were in the cave at
“There is—”Mr. O’Neill had not finished speaking.However, Shaun suddenly said harshly, “Mr. O’Neill, you said that the witnesses saw this scene early in the morning but I remember that the morning sky nowadays isn’t bright, much less in the forest where the incident happened. You said the witness saw Sarah Neeson walking into the forest behind two men and was not kidnapped. In that lighting, could they have seen clearly if Sarah Neeson didn’t have her hands tied?”Mr. O’Neill was stunned for a moment. “I think we can let them come to court first…”Shaun said aggressively, “The local farmers must be very short of money. It’d be easy to buy them off with money to get them to change their confessions.”“I object…”Shaun sneered, “Mr. O’Neill, I don’t need to remind you that buying false witnesses is illegal. In fact, it’s ridiculous for them to say in their statements that Sarah Neeson wasn’t tied up with anything.“Your Honor, please take a look at my client’s hands. The bruises
Shaun pursed his thin lips sharply.He knew that as a lawyer, Sarah would definitely lose if he did not speak up.However, when the evidence was in front of him, it forced him to falter.Thomas anxiously advised when he saw that Shaun was not moving. “Eldest Young Master Hill, hurry up and defend Sarah. Logan will be released if you don’t argue back.”Mr. O’Neill saw this and said, “Mr. Hill, I know you’re a famous legend in the legal world and have never lost, but as you said, lawyers also need to be conscientious. In terms of sophistry, I’m definitely inferior to you.“However, there are many points of doubt in this case. Logan Law is just a young man who’s only 21 years old. If he ends up going to jail for this, he’d have missed the golden years of his life after he’s released. The most tragic thing is that he’s clearly a victim. He was drugged when he was in the cave.”When this remark was spoken, the audience was in an uproar.Shaun’s chest heaved. What Liam said suddenly f
“It’s related to me?” Shaun frowned subconsciously.“Yes.” Mr. O’Neill nodded. “Logan Law is Miss Catherine Jones’ bodyguard. As far as I know, you were dating Miss Jones until some days ago and Sarah Neeson is your ex-girlfriend. You caught Logan Law trying to assault Sarah Neeson red-handed, so you thought that it was Catherine Jones who asked Logan Law to do it.“Therefore, you flew into a rage and had a fierce conflict with Miss Jones. The two of you even broke up again. You went to Sarah Neeson, the victim, again out of guilt. At the same time, you decided in your heart that Catherine Jones was a vicious woman not worthy of your love—”“What do you mean by that?” Sarah stood up in agitation. “I was almost ruined by someone else, but you’re speaking as if I deliberately framed Logan Low. Please, look at my injuries. I almost died. If I had known that I would be vilified like this, I should never have let the doctor save me in the first place.”“Sarah, calm down.” Thomas immedia
“No, I should be saying sorry to you instead.” Catherine’s eyes fell on his missing finger and deep guilt surged in her eyes. “If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have been targeted in the first place.”“That’s normal. I only blame myself for being too careless.” Logan smiled bitterly. “I only realized something when you showed the footage just now. The backs of the two kidnappers were similar to those men who were involved with Lucifer’s death that night.”Catherine was stunned. “Looks like they’re the same group of people. It’s a shame that we still haven’t uncovered the person behind Sarah.”“We have to take it one step at a time.” Logan hissed. “My wound hurts too much. I should go back to the hospital.”“Come back after getting better,” Catherine reminded him in a low voice.“Yeah. Austin, take good care of the boss. If anything happens to her, I’ll make you pay when I come back,” Logan warned before leaving with the police....On the other hand, Shaun sat in the chair expr
When he thought about it carefully, did Sarah lose her chastity to Logan? No. On the contrary, what about Logan? His finger was cut off, he became addicted to drugs, and his body was scarred.“Shaun, you don’t believe me?” Sarah miserably looked at him with a pale face.Shaun also stared at her.This was the woman he used to love. Even if he did not love her anymore, he also wanted to protect her well. However, he suddenly found that he could not understand her at all anymore.Lucifer was the first time he felt this way.As for this time, she was suddenly kidnapped just as Catherine and he were getting along well. Then, everything changed.If not for these siblings, he would not have cut off Logan’s finger and he would not have taken on this lawsuit either.If all this was really planned by Sarah, it would make his hair stand on end.“Sarah, your case will be officially taken over by the police in the future. They’ll try their best to help you find the two kidnappers. I’ve alre
Shaun’s chest ached at Freya’s words.He looked at Catherine’s cold face and suddenly remembered that just a short while ago, the two of them were still swimming at Mount Wellington. Her bright and clear eyes, the way she occasionally acted coquettishly with him, and how sweet her laugh was...How did it all change in the blink of an eye?“I’m…”“You don’t have to say that you’re sorry.” Catherine’s clear and cold voice interrupted him. “Because I’ll never forgive you.”“You’d better go protect your precious Sarah,” Freya mockingly said, “After all, if something happens to her, you’ll always and unconditionally go out of your way to accompany her and protect her. Shaun Hill, in your eyes, Sarah’s position is just too special. Why can’t you admit it?“On the one hand, you think you don’t love her, yet you want to protect her. On the other hand, you want Catherine’s love, yet you want her to come back to you no matter how much you hurt her. Do you think you’re filming a drama?”Sh